CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (selected):Created and developed:Creative Writing: Poetry, Bucks County Community College, Continuing Education, New Hope-Solebury Community School—approved for Act 48“Why Write About Art?” Program of presentations/readings of Poetry written in response to both well- and lesser-known world paintingsCeltic Art and Culture course for Bucks County Community College—approved for Act 48Celtic Art and Culture Program for Youth, Bucks County Community College, and for various schools and other cultural venues in PA

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:Poetry Editor, Schyulkill Valley JournalCertified Writing Tutor, Bucks County Community College Tutoring CenterWriting Coach: poetry, fiction, memoir, essay, working with groups and individual clients (2011-present)Journalist, News Gleaner and Northeast Breeze (members, Intercounty Newspaper Group), weekly feature/staff writer and photographer, Philadelphia, PA. Conducted interviews for, researched, and wrote weekly articles on a wide variety of subjects of local and national interest as well as providing accompanying photographyEditor, freelance literary works (novel and young readers’ literature), screenplaysLecturer, Educational Programs: Teacher of Celtic art and culture at various schools in the Eastern Pennsylvania area through affiliations with Celtic Outreach, Bethlehem, PA and private schools, Bucks County, PAArtist, specializing in Celtic design. Sold original paintings and prints in galleries, art shows, and at art festivals. Festivals over five-state area.